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privileged to receive from secretary panetta as well as general dempsey the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. copies of the ruling that rescinded those combat restriction policies. it has been a journey when you think about where the restrictions that were placed on women -- even as close as vietnam, women were not even trained. in fact, i can tell you that my class of officers in 1973 was the first class of women who who were trained on weapons -- formally trained on weapons. i have been told that the next classes stepped back from that. but, when you think about that , when you think about what women were asked to do. that these restrictions -- they had to live within these. again, i would say, we just wanted to serve. so, now we come to the heart of the memorial, the register, the place where we tell the individual stories of the women who have served. to date, we have 267,000 women's records of service that can be accessed by the public, and to pay tribute to these women. we have identified some folks from each service so that you can see some of the everyday heroes that live among us. s

will if the top four three of the top four on the list are with former army chief of staff it's almost like hiring the joint chiefs of staff in the states you know that's right it'll be interesting to see where it goes yes very good point what does this election tell us about israeli society. well this is a he hasn't really shifted as much as a lot is being made of the there you can argue a shift to the right but what i'm not seeing and i thought a lot of people would pick up on it is the fact that very often netanyahu gets himself held hostage or hamstring by his own people his big opposition which doesn't exist on the other side of the aisle exists within his own delicate coalition where everybody wants something from him and he's not always prepared to pay the price he's actually lost a couple of people dysthymia that are the nationalistic side of the equation the right wingers truly great wingers that are still in the in the mix are more interested in domestic issues and getting funding for their. sect tarion groups and their their pet projects but say take a enough taliban if the former. education mini

but the leader of the joint chiefs of staff is downplaying reports of divisions between the military said the armed forces would confront those who tried to compromise national security. chanting. but scenes like this tell a different story. some in the lower ranks have openly declared their stance. translation: this is a message to my brothers in the armed forces. these protesters a re our brothers as well. i ask them to come and stand by the side of the people here, the sudanese people. these have been the biggest protests ever seen during president al—bashir‘s 30—year rule. they have vowed to come here, right next to the president's compound, and tear his steps down. anne soy, bbc news. from arch—enemies to entente cordiale, the relationship between britain and france has always been interesting. the latest potential bump in the road is brexit, with mrs may heading to paris to meet the french president emmanual macron. but will france help or hinder britain on its brexitjourney? david eades looks back at what has sometimes been an uneasy friendship. he was famed for having a certa

he was joint chief of staff, the chair of the joint chief of staff, from 2007 to 2011. writes in his piece in "the washington post" that "i advocated our armed forces through the repeal of don't ask, don't tell, a policy that similarly forbid gay and lesbian troops from serving openly. like this, the current band presents itself as a neutral policy imposing their restrictions on a segment of the lgbt population, instead of what it is, a cudgel broadly characterizing a broad sector of the population, discriminating against a group of proven patriots is no way to discriminate, and only places politics above readiness." mike mullen. clyde is in huntington, texas on the line for those who oppose this change. go ahead. caller: hi, yes, i want to make a comment about the guy that said the antichrist is coming to be homosexual. i read the entire bible, i am a preacher, and the bible does not say the antichrist is going to be a homosexual. it says the antichrist will not have the desire for women. but it does not say it will have the desire for men. i can assure you the antichr

and this escalation absolutely endangered our troops in the region of the chairman of the joints chief of staff have reportedly cautioned against the move. never the less, the whites house is expected to announce the designation as soon as monday. in jerusalem, jonathan hunt, today that they are canceling flights in early june because of the continued grounding of boeing 737 max jet passenger planes. more than a month longer than previously planned and impact 90 flights a day. american previously had canceled 90 daily flights through april 24th to account for the temporary loss of their 24 max 8 planes. the federal aviation grounded the planes after two deadly crash necessary less than five months. -- in let's than five months. >>> southwest airlines today expanded their service from the bay area to hawaii. the first southwest flight from oakland to maui took off this morning the new route comes after adding service to honolulu. it has driven down airfares by 17% compared to the same time last add more hawaiian routes from san jose and san diego in the coming weeks and months. >>> tax day say w

in a number of high level posts from head of foreign the military intelligence services to joint chiefs of staff he was dismissed in twenty ten as part of a major military shake up after retiring of came back into the political scene working in diplomatic posts in egypt and oman he then became defense minister in twenty fifteen and in the wake of the mass protest in february he was appointed his first vice president while maintaining his defense duties. is a sudan research at yale he says what will happen in the next twenty four to forty eight hours is crucial. the demonstrators in the position of media clear that they are not happy with what happened today that this announcement that the military will be in power for for two years is really not what what they've hoped for now we can expect demonstrators to stay on the street tonight in the question will be will in the tree to try to implement the curfew what demonstrators were hoping that there would be some form of civilian transitional council but as far as we can tell there's been no consultation of any opposition group. in these negotiation

no and you know even in my experience you can ask the experts the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff the highest ranking military officer in the united states mark milley has already said there have been zero issues with transgender troops openly serving in the military the chief of every service branch have said exactly the same thing before the senate armed services committee and numerous retired military generals and admirals have said as much in fact the rand institute which is in our big defense think tank here in the united states released a report twenty sixteen that there would be minimal or negligible effects on the military unit ready unit cohesion or military readiness if transgender troops were allowed to serve openly and in fact that it's come to pass in three years three years of transitor been able to serve openly there have been zero problems and we have this from our top military leaders so it's not a matter of debate at this point we've already settled this issue there is no burden on the military that comes from transgender service members serving openly now you me

on c-span, acting defense secretary patrick shanahan and joint chiefs of staff chairman testify before the senate armed services committee about the $2 billion plan for a u.s. space force. on c-span 28:00 eastern, the agriculture secretary on the budgets 15% cut in agriculture and food programs. on c-span3 at 7:00 p.m. eastern, a hearing on the national institutes plan with director francis collins. enoughara bush has had -- had had enough. they were out of the white house. that she took offense at it. reporters were asking questions which was not true, that was designed to give nancy reagan a hearted -- a little heartburn. she said to nancy reagan don't you ever call me again. and she hung up. , usais week on q and a today washington bureau chief susan page on her biography of barbara bush. >> at the beginning she said you will never see my diaries. the bushes are kept at library, but they are not available for public view until 35 years after her death. i understood that and thought she was not likely to let me see her diaries. interview youe could see my diaries. was an incredible g

you know, cold war began in 1947, congress created cia, joint chiefs of staff, a new law how to managed war, we've done nothing like that from china. this idea that china collapse is killing any effort on our part to resist them. lou: and what are we to do? >> we have to change our government structure. president has to get more people working for him who share his vision. we have to take it more seriously than at the press 10 e time, i remember jim mattis told press who were shocked in august last year, i'm making my first visit to beijing in my life. we can't have people have no knowledge of china acquire all top jobs in th the government. when we face them as the major challenge. lou: i take your point but i can't abide an intelligence community that does not seem to understand expending billions of dollars, in careers in effort not understanding the chinese any better or did i mention russia or iran? or did i mention saudi arabia? and the middle east. we have an intelligence community that seep seems to me needs to be restructured before anything meaningful can happen, if they are

chief-of-staff and the other for the vice chief-of-staff of the space force. the chief-of-staff of the space would be a member of the joint chiefs of staff. i hope our witnesses will force why the space requires a separate and dedicated undersecretary unlike he marine corps and whether such a top heavy bureaucracy is necessary for such a small fighting force. that a newent states military service will significantly increase focus, expertise, personnel and culture with regard to the personnel actions requested, i have some concerns that this may actually have the opposite effect. of this ,500 members force, 10,500 would be active almost vice members exclusively from the air force. a significant a significant number of space force general officers would be drawn largely from the air force. therefore the future pool of officers from which the space force would grow would be small compared to other services and predominantly from a significant number of space force general officers would be drawn largely from the air force. therefore the future pool of one service. this raises questions about the diversity and long term quali

. >> bush wants colin powell who was his father's chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to be his secretaryn endorsing him and told everybody he was the right person to run the country and believed i could work with him if i went into government with him. not just him i was thinking of. it was the whole family. >> fellow republicans, fellow americans, let's elect george w. bush and dick cheney! thank you very much and god bless america! >> at the convention, george w. bush bates the vietnam war hero, john mccain, to become the republican presidential candidate. >> mr. chairman, delegates and my fellow citizens, i proudly accept your nomination. >> george w. bush is ready to take on the fight with the democratic nominee. clinton's vice president, al gore. >> there the powerful. we are for the people. >> both al gore and george w. bush had liabilities. a lot of people didn't think that highly of in terms of his experience, in terms of his intelligence. >> he was a shockingly bad speaker. >> we will knock down the toll booth of the road of the tax code we have today. >> a lot of people found a

joint chief of staff testified to congress that by 2025, china will be the number one strategic rival of the united states. the number one strategic threat to the united states. i'm a career diplomat. retired now, and when i hear that china may be a threat to us in 2025, and i look at the facts, that is possible. but it is not a certainty. and that is what diplomacy is all about. i was serving in moscow. when all of a sudden dr. kiss g kissinger shows up in beijing, and the country that was our enemy is pakistaning a partner. so skillful diplomacy by president nixon and dr. kissinger, turns a hostile environment into diplomacy. it is all about building up our government and dealing with china as a hostile rival. this is a dangerous situation, but china is making the same types of mistakes. the 10th party congress,th president laid out an ambition program for china's rapid rise featuring activism to a center stage division out in the world. china has now rejected the advice that china should keep a low profile. while it was developing it's economy. this is often mistranslated as hide y

joint chiefs of staff testified to congress that by 2025, china will be the number one strategic rival of the united states, the number one strategic threat to the united states. well, i'm a career diplomat, retired now. and when i hear that china may be a threat to us in 2025 and i look at the facts, that is possible. but it's not a certainty, and that's what diplomacy is all about. i was serving in our embassy in moscow when all of a sudden dr. kissinger shows up in beijing, in a country that had been our enemy the day before, all of a sudden was on the road to becoming a strategic partner of the united states in dealing with the soviet threat. in other words, skillful diplomacy by president nixon and dr. kissinger managed to turn a hostile relationship into a cooperative one through diplomacy. but you don't hear a word about diplomacy nowadays. it's all about building up our military budget and dealing with china as a hostile rival. this is a dangerous situation, but the chinese are making the same types of stamistakes. after the 19th party congress, president xi jinping laid out an

plus supreme court members, and joint chiefs of staff. so yeah, they do spy on everyone.asked me not to tell this, he is no longer with us, i don't feel bound by our agreement, sorry. justice scalia said he was convinced that court was being spied on, he said something that i think you probably agree with. the spies is so pervasive that spies spy on themselves, does nsa stay o stay on the -- nsa sn the cia. >> yes, and visa versa, they really' to know what each other is doing and what information each other has, they can request it and see if they get it, you know so, it a matter of testing well they are being honest with each other, they lie to each other all of time. judge napolitano: if i right in suggesting as i did in the long inproduction to your segment. that fisa court is just a facade that the nsa used to give itself some legal legitimacy, but it does all spying all of the time, if i am right, does the fisa court itself, judges on that court, know that they are being duped? >> actually, i would say yes, they know that. because they have caught the fbi lying to th

the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general joe dunford has also reportedly cautioned against thected to announce the designation as soon as monday. eric. eric: all right, jonathan, thanks so much. arthel. >> president trump has assured that we have interest with venezuela, once rich nation, we will return them to that. i don't want to talk about options we are working our way through. the president is clear and the president clear maduro must work. we are working to deliver on each of them. arthel: okay, so that's secretary of state mike pompeo warning russia to stop propping up the maduro regime amid political crisis in venezuela, this comes as moscow has reported spent -- sent 100 troops to caracas. secretary pompeo says he must cease power to guiado. we are glad to have you here, sir. >> glad to be here, arthel. arthel: for context, though, as we discuss the new development, why is venezuela a geopolitical gem for russia. they over $10 billion that russians have invested there and payback for them what they perceive as american involvement in the ukraine, but the administratio

he rose in the army ranks to be the first four-star african-american as chairman as the joint chiefs of staffll as the youngest, 52, and the first rotc graduate. powell served in the nixon, carter, reagan, h w bush, and clinton white house. he served as secretary of state during the george w. bush presidency. this distinguished professional says -- said the lessons of vietnam was to make sure the united states knows what we are getting into before our country goes to war. he went on to say don't fight a war with another country that has greater investment in it and a greater cause than ours. this advice is known as the powell doctrine. powell has said after the united states invests a military force in a war, both political and diplomatic efforts are considered. colin powell has said the objective of war needs a political base. finally, he says that once there is a sound military objective, there has to be decisive force to support it. the last military person, david petraeus, was a major in the army when he received his phd from princeton university. his thesis was entitled "the lessons of h

by the c.i.a., had been supplied with and the equipment, invasion had been approved by the joint chiefs of staff, the ultimatelytment, and the president of the united states. had been a united states operation and its failure as a distinctly american embarrassment. one american general said it was the worst defeat the u.s. had war of 1812.e the that was about the kindest thing said.dy everyone agreed it was a mistake, that they would never never and they must repeat. but they were wrong. largely is it forgotten, maybe not here, but in much of america, it is. we went on to repeat some of the same mistakes that we made of the in other parts world. in fact, bay of pigs turned out racer on a whole new era of troubled we're ntions, an era still in today. in no count we've engaged two dozen forceful interventions. given this, you may be asking yourself why should we still pigs?bout the bay of next to vietnam and iraq, it seems like a fairly minor event, perhaps, an appetizer before his huge feast of troubled interventions. and as to this, the fact that it asted just five days and it cost a merely $46

tell you that national security adviser john bolton spoke with, for example, the head of the joint chiefs of staffeneral dunford, spoke with regional leaders, including leaders in brazil, spoke with leadership on capitol hill, has been briefing the president starting early this morning about what has been unfolding in venezuela. it was notable in this conversation what you're looking at on the left side of your screen here, bolton coming out and speaking with reporters, he specifically called out, specifically named three venezuelan leaders that are currently still serving under nicolas maduro. he talked about the chief judge, the commander of the guard and the defense minister and specifically was naming them to say come out now in support of guaido, with the implication as you have done so behind closed doors. we were not waved off that with a white house official who is familiar with that. the white house is feeling this is a time to put pressure on some of these leaders in venezuela who have not yet tipped the scales or walked offer the line, if you will. they feel like this is in the words of

to the pentagon papers, where it was later proven that authorities, presidents, top brass, joint chiefs of staffout how the vietnam war was going, and that sometimes the end does justify the means. what do you think of that analogy? >> well, there's going to be people that come out on both sides of a free press sort of argument, that this is important work that's being done, but at some point, there is a line where it's very dangerous work and where you are violating national and international laws. so personally, i don't buy into that. i think that there are things that the american people need to know, but i have worked for the government and i believe in the process that exists to get information out. so i think that renegade sort of argument is not super-persuasive when you are putting people's lives at risk. neil: well said. thank you very much. appreciate it. threw a lot at you but you hand it well. attorney extraordinaire. >>> the president right now is facing two picks for the federal reserve. one more than other is catching the flack, after this. i'm working to keep the fire going for a

have stepped in earlier when the russians had gone into the state department white house and joint chiefs of staffme of them unclassified email systems, named the russians and pushed back so that vladimir putin would realize there was a price to be paid. you could have argued that they could have acted and certainly some of the president's aides argued that he could have done more in that summer in 2016. he could have exposed the connections to the oligarchs he could have exposed. >> regardless of all that david, it doesn't stop president trump from let's say doing better if he would like. going forward. april, david. >> absolutely right. >> david got to this. i just can't get over this one fact. why can't the president at this point accept two truths that can exist at the same time, that russia did interfere in the election -- it is reality. and also that he is the legitimately elected president of the united states. what is it? >> you know, it boggles the mind because the president at one time if you remember this president was saying, you know, that he won even the popular vote, which was not t

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the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said there have been zero issues.ervice chief has said there's been zero issues with transgender service members currently serving openly. this is not a ban that has any rational whatsoever. >> do you think it's going to last? >> no, i don't. i do -- i'm a big deliver in the universe and i -- i feel that's with all the other bans that have been put in place, they barred men of color, women, gay, lesbian and bisexual people, and they've proved bigots wrong. this ban will fail. >> given that there are obviously difficulties and existing prejudices about transgender people and given that the military is once again -- is going to be instituting those things and institutionalizing them, why do transgender people want to serve in the military. >> they care about this country in every way that every other american does and it's tragic because the white house stands alone in its reasoning. the american medical association, military leadership, budget analysts, everyone seems to be in agreement, including the u.s. congress for

work with the military leadership, with the chairman, more in dempsey was the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and also all my military chiefs at the same time. i felt that the key was to ensure that we up rated as a , not aot separate areas civilian area, not a military -- but oneone team team. the example where that paid off a great deal was on the congress had enacted a budget cut of about $480 billion of the , and i was handed that number. that was to use it as an opportunity to try and define what our defense strategy should be for the future. justo do that, i did not rely on civilians, i want to the military to be involved in the process and they were,. the result was that working with the military and with our civilian corps, we were able to develop, what are the areas we have to focus on in terms of defense strategy for the 21st century. cannot --pproach that had not really been used that much in defense or for that matter in the c.i.a. but i had used it in all my positions, which was the importance of a .eneral staff meeting each day the reason i liked having that staff meeting is to

cia, had been supplied with american equipment, and the invasion had been approved by the joint chiefs of staff, the state department, and ultimately the president of the united states. in short, this had been a united states operation and its failure was a distinctly american embarrassment. one american general said it was the worst defeat the u.s. had suffered since the war of 1812. that was about the kindest thing anybody said. everyone agreed it was a mistake, that they would never forget, and they must never repeat. but they were wrong. not only is it largely forgotten, maybe not here, but in much of america, it is. but we went on to repeat some of the same mistakes that we made in cuba in other parts of the world. in fact, bay of pigs turned out to be a curtain racer on a whole new era of troubled interventions, an era we're still in today. by one count we've engaged in no less than two dozen forceful interventions. given this, you may be asking yourself why should we still care about the bay of pigs? next to vietnam and iraq, it seems like a fairly minor event, perhaps, an appetizer befo

one for chief of staff and other for the vice chief of staff for the air force. the chief of staff for the space force will be a member of the jointefs of staffs. i hope our witnesses will say why they require a separate undersecretary and why a top heavy bureaucracy is necessary for a small fighting force. a new military force will significantly increase folks in leadership, expertise, personnel and culture. with regard to the personnel actions requested, i have some concerns that it may have the opposite effect. of the 16,500 members of this force, 10,500 would be active duty service members almost exclusively from the air force and a significant number of general offices drawn largely from the air force. the future pool of offices from which the space force would grow, field grade and general would be small compared to other services and predominantly from one service. this raises questions about the depth, breadth, diversity and long-term quality of the officer corps. while predominantly made up of air force personnel, the proposal seeks to consolidate much of the space activities in the space force. the department is requeste

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number of high level posts from head of foreign and military intelligence services to being the joint chief of staff he was dismissed in twenty ten as part of a major military shake up after retiring of came back to the political scene working in diplomatic posts in egypt and oman he then became defense minister in twenty fifteen and in the wake of the mass protest in february he was appointed his first vice president while maintaining his defense duties let's bring in john baptist he's a research at yale he joins us from berlin. just explain to us what you think might happen in the coming two years. well i think two years is a very long time from now i think your what will happen in the next twenty four to forty eight hours will be crucial as your reporter said the demonstrators in the position of media clear that they are not happy with what happened today that. that the military will be in power for for two years is really not what what what they've hoped for now we can expect demonstrators to stay on the street tonight and the question will be will in the street to try to implement the curfew th

of today's hearings on president trump 2020 budget proposal. at 8:00 eastern on c-span, acting defense secretary patrick shanahan and joints deep -- chiefs of staff testified before the senate armed forces committee about the $2 billion plan for u.s. space force. on c-span2 at 8:00, agriculture secretary sonny perdue on the proposed budgets 15% cut in agriculture and food programs. c-span3, at 7:00 eastern, a hearing on the national institutes of health budget plan with the nih director. >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, a discussion of the two main elements of the mueller report, collusion and obstruction of justice with two former federal prosecutors. then, florida republican congressman john rutherford joins us to talk about border security and news of the day. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >> once tv was simply three giant networks and a government supported service called pbs. in 1979, a small network with an unusual name rolled out a big idea. let viewers decide all on their own what w

someone asked earlier should this person be a member of the joint chiefs of staff. i think that would be a reasonable thing to do but what i have seen in the last few years is that when he has been around, given his experience in space, the dialogue quickly shifts and we think of things that we might not have thought of without him in the room. >> there is one confusing aspect of this. baitsically you're in the order that you're in when the gavel falls, if you leave, you're still in order. what happens, what has been happening a lot is people come back literally in two to three minutes before they next. i know that is inconvenient, but even if you think you're next, if someone walk-ins that was there at the gavel and is in front of you, that person is next. personally i'm ri thinking that rule because it is a little bit unfair to the people planning what is here. if you think you're next and i call on someone else that is because someone else who is was in front of you walked back in, mrs. williham, you're up. >> thank you, i have a number of questions, and thank yo

the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general joe dunford, has also reportedly cautioned against, the white house is expected to announce the designation as soon as monday. jon? jon: jonathan hunt, thank you. >>> president trump vows action on border security. >> i'll do whatever is necessary to stop an invasion of our country. that's what it is. [applause] jon: coming up, how big an issue will immigration be in the 2020 presidential race? >>> plus, changes at the 9/11 memorial in new york city as stone monolists are installed in tribute to some of the later victims. a live report on that on the way. >> this dedicated space will reminded all who come here how the best of our human nature responded to the worst, how human dignity triumphed over human depravity. (client's voice) remember that degree you got in taxation? (danny) of course you don't because you didn't! your job isn't doing hard work... ...it's making them do hard work... ...and getting paid for it. (vo) snap and sort your expenses to save over $4,600 at tax time. quickbooks. backing you. visionworks can do more than

don't know how many units that joined in they there is a recourse that they chairman of the joint chiefs of staff it is backing quite go and look at this now because he doesn't command troops and nor does the defense minister as you know lopez who has declared that everything is normal and that is just a few trades and it's all being controlled that the crucial thing that they how they the commanders the troops that decide to remove references that the biggest military had the biggest armored brigade it is a matter of carrots just some distance from caracas and the government in trying to close down communications in the hopes that they knew something in the. move will not reach them but i think that's got this unlikely that's going to decide but we don't know how that plays a crucial units are going to react do you think that people will heed one white house calls. i would have to say it means that you can't have people come out onto the streets men but that's happened many times before what it hasn't done is this is it has succeeded in bringing the government down men don't quite go as a great

committee and the house ways and means committee, and the staff of the joint tax committee are by far the leading experts on taxation in washington and the chief of staff of that staff on the joint tax committee is simply regarded in awe by all members of the staff of the tax writing committees. and so i am filled with awe tonight and very excited to have george yin with us tonight. he was actually hired by republicans to run the staff of the joint committee on taxation. there is usually depending on which party is in power, democratic chairman of that committee or a republican chairman of that committee, it was always a republican in george yin's time, but the staff of that committee is always considered nonpartisan. it isn't even bipartisan. they're nonpartisan, they are completely trusted by both sides. and george yin has actually written the definitive article on the tax writing committee's legal authority to obtain the president's tax returns, and so you are going to hear from the highest authority in the land on this issue tonight, and i'm going to be taking notes, and later in this hour, we're going it hear from the newest democratic pr

the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has been designated as the global integrator. in this role he provides military advice to the secretary of defense on how, when, , and where to use the joint force in long-term strategic competition with china, russia, also mitigating the threats of state such as north korea and iran. the chairman, supported by the joint staff, focuses on countering trans regional all the main threats today and into the future. based on these threats the joint staff conducts globally integrated planning through readiness reviews. these reviews layer the simultaneity global requirements to defend the homeland, respond to the national emergency, and deter opportunistic adversaries in other theaters. these plans include large-scale mobilization that rely on existing legislative authorities to expand access to reserve and the guard, components, capacity, as well as the defense reduction act that expand access to commercial transportation, sealift, airlift, industrial capacity, communications infrastructure and other resources in coordination with othe